Random Chatting: 21 Boardie Salute

Weretroll · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:05 pm Post subject:

*WARNING, WARNING, RANT ALERT, ...... RANT AHEAD*

I HATE TIRE STORE GORILLAS WITH THEIR 300-PSI IMPACT WRENCHES!!!

*ENDING RANT, ... RETURNING CHANNEL TO NORMAL OPERATIONS*
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freeflier · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:27 pm Post subject:

BTDT . . . I buy tires from Les Schwab partly because their impact wrenches are one-way: "unlimited" loosening torque, and 10 foot-pounds tightening torque. They have to finish tightening with a torque wrench.

Having bent a good cross-type lug wrench removing a tire Sears had put on, I appreciate that.

Last time I bought a used vehicle, I took it into Les Scwab and had them loosen and retorque all the lugnuts . . . with my pickup, I checked a couple of lugnuts and they came loose easily, so I knew didn't need to do that.

Oh, and the impact wrenches normally run on 90psi shop air . . . though they frequently develop 400-600 foot-pounds of torque. Razz

--FreeFlier

Alice · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:12 pm Post subject:

Weretroll · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:56 pm Post subject:

No, this won't be a segment on my thread. I was attempting to replace the front bearings on my truck when I encountered the first of several annoying problems. Over-tightened lug nuts. After solving that problem with the suitable application of brute force, I was stymied by missing tools. After a phone call to my usual repair shop, I decided that that it was cheaper and less stressful to let someone else deal with it. So I called a tow truck and had it hauled to the shop.

Once there, the transfer case for the four wheel drive wouldn't lock into gear. The linkage had popped a clip and stuck in neutral. After crawling under the truck, the shop manager slapped it back into gear and pulled it into the shop for the night.

I'm hoping that I didn't ruin the spindles on the front hubs. If they have to be replaced that will be expensive.
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Alice · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:26 pm Post subject:

*crosses her fingers for Weretroll*

wacko · Jumpin' Junior Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 6635

Every time I took my car in to get the tires repaired or rotated, they always said to come back in a few days so they could further torque the lug nuts... manually, of course.

Serene, sometimes you just gotta nut up and do it. Better to try than to have regrets later. And I say that as someone who's shy and not really a people person at all. *hugs from your boardie bro*

Stardrake · Jumpin' Junior Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 14177

Well, to be fair, if you'd found the right one in a previous relationship you'd probably still be in that relationship, right?

Still, wacko has it. While I have many regrets in my romantic history, I can at least say that every girl I've crushed on did eventually come to know that. It didn't always - okay, it usually didn't - come out at the right time and right place, but at least one thing I don't need to worry about is wonsering if I'd been in a Mutual Cluelessness situation with Miss Right all along.
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wacko · Jumpin' Junior Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 6635

I was in a Mutual Cluelessness situation. Didn't turn out to be Miss Right, but I'm glad I finally took the chance, and I don't have any regrets.

As for crushes not coming out right, my seventh-grade crush was a disaster. Laughing

Yeah, I can laugh about it now, but that experience affected me for a long time. In a lot of ways, seventh grade encompassed the highs and lows of my school career.

Alice · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:18 am Post subject:

Sounds like people need hugs.

*applies liberally*

SereneChaos · Jumpin' Junior Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 14231

Wacko: It, yeah, it's fine. I'm not worried about it. Honestly, whatever. I won't be working with him for much longer and I have this awesome knack for dropping crushes at will.

Maybe they aren't real crushes? Maybe it's just a "oooh you're cute!"? I have no clue. However, I already don't care about it.

What does bug the heck out of me is that with my ability to drop crushes on a whim, why do I /still/ think about the boyfriend from this time last year? I've been debating sending a random text(one designed to look like it was supposed to be sent to someone else) and see what happens from there. I've also had this stupid urge to go back to hanging out at the bar where I met him, to maybe run into him again. I don't like it. >.<
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Alice · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:30 pm Post subject:

I doubt those are good ideas. Maybe he's moved on. Entertaining what-ifs isn't recommended.

Weretroll · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:38 pm Post subject:

Well, the Blue Bird of Happiness just took a crap on me. My repair bill just went from $300 to $1700. Seems the last brake job I had on the truck, the clowns that worked on it mismatched the rear brake shoes, putting both primaries on one wheel and the secondaries on the other. So the rear brakes weren't working properly resulting in the front brakes doing all the work, which cooked the front brakes and calipers. They all have to be replaced. The rear axle seals are leaking and have to be replaced. (Not unexpected with the age of the truck). And the rubber brake lines and the master cylinder needs to be replace too. The front axle spindles are fine but the bearings and seals are being replaced. (The original problem).

Oh well, it's fix it or scrap it and I still need the truck to haul things that don't fit in my car.
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SereneChaos · Jumpin' Junior Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 14231

He did text me a few months back talking about how he missed me...

It was such bad timing it wasn't even funny. I literally met him a week after his dad died, so he was dealing with so much at the time that it just wasn't worth it to do a new relationship. We talked a lot back and forth for a long time, but then my dad got sick and died(twice, but he got better!) so he couldn't deal with that after only losing his dad so recently, and I was too stressed out to think about a relationship.

It really sucks.
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Alice · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:41 pm Post subject:

Are the people who worked on your truck the same people who are working on your truck now?

Alice · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:44 pm Post subject:

freeflier · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:47 pm Post subject:

Weretroll · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:51 pm Post subject:

SereneChaos · Jumpin' Junior Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 14231

So, amusing? I was cleaning out my room, and found a hat of his. I loled.

Edit: Even weirder...he'd apparently texted me on my old phone number recently. He's coming over to get aforementioned hat tonight.

o.O
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Alice · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:17 pm Post subject:

Sounds like fortune may be smiling upon you, Serene. View this as an opportunity.